HP Instant Capacity User's Guide for versions B.07.x

Cell Board Instant Capacity
Instant Capacity Cell Board Licensing Examples
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Example 6-2 Licensing a Cell Board that requires increasing the number of
licensed processors
In a different scenario, licensing of a cell board can cause the number of
licensed processors to be below the minimum required (one licensed
processor per cell board) and necessitate the licensing of an additional
processor. For example, if you have an nPartition with two cell boards,
with the active cell board having one licensed processor and three
unlicensed processors, and an inactive cell board with four unlicensed
processors, licensing the inactive cell board requires one additional
processor be licensed. That is, you must license a processor, for a total of
two licensed processors, so you meet the minimum requirement of one
licensed processor per licensed cell board.
In the above example, the newly licensed cell board cannot be activated
until an additional processor is licensed. See also “Instant Capacity Cell
Board Activation Exception Error” on page 103.
Table 6-2 Licensing an Instant Capacity Cell Board — Increase in Licensed
Processors
State
Active Cell
Board
Processors
Inactive Cell
Board
Processors
HP Activation Fees
Before Cell
Board Instant
Capacity
Licensing
1 licensed,
3 unlicensed
4 unlicensed None - inactive cell board is
unlicensed and contains 0 licensed
processors
After Cell
Board Instant
Capacity
Licensing and
Additional
Processor
Licensing
1 licensed,
3 unlicensed
1 licensed,
3 unlicensed
An additional processor needed to be
licensed because the number of
licensed processors was less than the
number of licensed cell boards